Bad Plus adds two as the Minnesota-rooted jazz stars return for the holidays
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Here is a welcome holiday treat: a new Bad Plus. Again. The Twin Cities-launched, internationally revered jazz group returns to...
Dec 20
David Benoit And A Charlie Brown Christmas At The Dakota
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"Last night’s performance at The Dakota traces back to a television show from 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas. The music for...
Dec 13
Jose James makes Christmas chestnuts elegantly old-school and deliciously fresh in Minneapolis concert
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"All I want for Christmas is Jose James singing in my family's living room. We'll even have the piano tuned...
Dec 13
Andy McKee – Dakota – Minneapolis MN – December 6th 2021
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Tunings, Tapping and Capos, Oh My! "An instrumental guitar performance draws in a very specific audience. Narrowing the scope further...
Dec 10
Merry Christmas from José James
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Heading to his hometown for the holidays, the acclaimed Brooklyn vocalist is celebrating a new album, "Merry Christmas From Jose...
Dec 9
Guitar great Leo Kottke and drum master Dave King form a new Minneapolis super duo
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"Leo Kottke's fingers flew across his acoustic guitar with determined fury. Dave King's brushes skittered atop his snare and tom-tom...
Nov 26
Chris Botti’s All-Star Variety Show
TWIN CITIES ARTS READER REVIEW
For those who are shy and introverted, the lockdown isolation of the early-stage COVID-19 Pandemic was tolerable, perhaps even welcome....
Nov 20
In Minneapolis, jazz trumpeter Chris Botti comes across like Ed Sullivan
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"Some people might regard Chris Botti as the Kenny G of the trumpet. Friday night at the sold-out Dakota in...
Nov 20
Merry Christmas from José James
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Since his debut disc in 2003, the Minneapolis-born and -bred vocalist has established himself as an esteemed musical adventurer, melding...
Nov 12
Broadway star Marisha Wallace shows off her wondrous voice in Minneapolis debut
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Not all Broadway singers can make the transition to the nightclub or concert stage. Sometimes their voices are too big....
Nov 11